– It’s outrageous that farmers are waiting so long for grant payments because of a computer system not fit for purpose – Fianna Fáil TD for Louth and East Meath Declan Breathnach has confirmed that he has received a letter from the Department of...

– Farm developments to comply with EU regulations, Animal Welfare and Quality Assurance regulations should be exempt from development levies – Fianna Fáil TD for Louth Declan Breathnach is calling for all development levies on farms to be scrapped when the...

– There is a figure of €20 million in grant funding to be allocated to projects on a tendering basis – Fianna Fáil TD for Louth and East Meath Declan Breathnach has called on Minister Michael Creed to consider the Cooley Mountain Range as one of the areas...

– Breathnach dismayed at the unacceptable delays in making payments to date – Fianna Fáil TD for Louth and East Meath Declan Breathnach has called on Minister Michael Creed to ensure speedy payments to farmers under the TAMS II grant scheme now that the...

From Declan Breathnach, TD 17th May 2016 996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the basic payment scheme for young farmers; if he will issue the payments due within a specific time period in order to facilitate these persons in...

From Declan Breathnach, TD 17th May 2016 994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme and claims that the computer system is not capable of processing payments within the three-week period...